Anatomy of Oscar: Nothing Gels, and No Surprises

No, I wasn't apologizin­g for anyone.

I was surprised by the comments by people surprised that she could sing.  Anyone who generally watches the Academy Awards would have known that she can sing from her appearance on them a couple of years ago when she sang and danced with that year's host, Hugh Jackman.  It was such a surprise to most then, and was widely talked about in the reviews after that show.

The producers of this year's show were reported to be going for a younger demographi­c audience, which they said was behind the hiring of James Franco and Anne Hathaway to host.  

My comment was about that.  That the producers achieved their goal of pulling in viewers who hadn't watched previous Academy Awards shows (given the large number of commenters here who didn't know that Hathaway could sing).
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